Novak held a meeting with Minister of energy of Saudi Arabia

Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak called good dwustronny meeting with Minister of energy of Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Valicom, held before the meeting of the Ministerial monitoring Committee of OPEC+.

#vstrechnogoAlexander Novak @novakav1 met with the Minister of energy, industry and mineral resources Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khaled al-Faleh on the eve of the meeting of the Joint Ministerial monitoring Committee of OPEC and non-OPEC in Vienna. pic.twitter.com/1eQNdsVVDo

— The Ministry of energy (@MinenergoGov) 5 Dec 2018

«Alexander Novak met with the Minister of energy, industry and mineral resources Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Khaled al-Valicom on the eve of the meeting of the joint Ministerial monitoring Committee of OPEC and non-OPEC in Vienna», — said the Ministry of energy of the Russian Federation in its official microblog on Twitter.

«Yes, it was a good meeting», — said Novak journalists.

Earlier Wednesday, sources close to the negotiations told RIA Novosti that such a meeting is planned to discuss the possibility of reducing oil production in 2019. Informed sources told RIA Novosti that OPEC wants to persuade Russia to cut production by at least 300 thousand barrels per day. The cartel is willing to consider a gradual reduction of oil production by Russia.